Northwest’s Best Featherweights Headline CageSport XXV in Tacoma

Jun 13, 2013

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Tacoma, WA (June 11, 2013) – Training camps are
alive and well as the Northwest’s premier fighters start to gear up
for Halquist Productions’ CageSport XXV , set for July 6th, at the
Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. Headlining the electrifying ten
bout card will be CageSport featherweight champion, Drew
Brokenshire (7-2), defending his title for the second time
against grizzly veteran, Marlin
Weikel (9-3). In the semi-main event, Julian
Erosa (10-1) will take on Lee
Morrison (8-3) in what has turned into one of the most
anticipated matchups in CageSport history.

Tickets for CageSport XXV, set for Saturday, July 6th, are still
available and can be purchased at the Emerald Queen Casino box
office or through Ticketmaster. Prices are $35, $55, and $100.

After defeating Julian
Erosa for the CageSport featherweight title late last year and
then defending the title for the first time in February against
Enoch
Wilson, Brokenshire made his professional boxing debut on June
1st and came out victorious with a unanimous decision victory.
He’ll have his hands full when he attempts to defend his title once
again against Oregon’s submission specialist, Shorty Weikel, who
has won eight of his nine victories by that fashion.

The semi-main event between Yakima MMA’s Julian
Erosa and Okanogan’s Lee
Morrison has been a matchup that CageSport fans have been
wanting for over a year now. With the already established rivalry,
the stakes are even higher as the winner of this fight will get to
take on the winner of the Brokenshire/Weikel fight for the
CageSport featherweight title at the next CageSport in October.

Erosa became the first ever featherweight champion for CageSport
when he defeated Ryan
Mulvihill in April of last year with a fourth round arm bar. In
his first chance to defend the title, he took on Brokenshire in
what is still remembered as one of the most thrilling fights in
CageSport history that resulted in a unanimous decision victory for
Brokenshire who has held on to the title ever since. The real
intrigue behind this is that Lee
Morrison defeated Brokenshire at a King of the Cage event last
August, leaving to question who the best featherweight in the
region truly is.

“We have four of the best featherweights stepping up for their
chance to fight for a title. Drew’s been such a tough and exciting
fighter on our shows which has given him the opportunity to defend
his title for a second time,” said promoter, Brian Halquist. “Erosa
vs. Morrison is a fight that everyone has wanted for a long time
and we’re giving it to them. With these fights we’ll be able to
finally determine who the true featherweight champion really
is.”

An undercard featuring eight other three round bouts full of the
best Northwest fighters will also take place on July 6th. A
preliminary card can be seen on the official CageSport Facebook
page in the “CageSport XXV” event. An official announcement of the
full fight card will be made during fight week.

Halquist Productions’ CageSport continues to be the premier MMA
promotion in the northwest featuring the only all pro card in the
region. CageSport has been a place for fighters such as: Miesha Tate,
Bryan
Caraway, John Albert,
Sam
Sicilia, and Michael
Chiesa to showcase their talents and eventually sign on with
the UFC. For more information about CageSport XXV and all other
Halquist Production events, please visit
www.halquistproductions.com and the official Facebook and Twitter
pages of Halquist Productions, CageSport MMA, and Battle at the
Boat